DESPITE a difficult overall trading environment for insurance firms, Western Australian-based
St Andrew’s Insurance has announced a 32 per cent jump in pre-tax profit for 2002.
THE Federal Government’s AusIndustry has replaced the Project By-law Scheme, replacing it with the Enhanced Project By-law Scheme, which provides tariff duty concessions on eligible goods for signific
SHOULD exporters and financiers worry about the rising dollar as it heads toward 60 cents? Australian Trade Commission chief economist Tim Harcourt believes it all depends on your business.
ALTHOUGH prevention is the best medicine, there are a number of ways a person or company can protect themselves from being responsible for cleaning up a contaminated site.
A MALAGA-BASED manufacturer has recently signed a deal with Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki to supply the Japanese market with special beach cleaning technology.
THE opening of a new four-level, 9850 square metre manufacturing plant and imminent appointment of a new chief executive at the Gold Corporation mark an exciting new phase for the Perth Mint.
JAPAN’S economy may have lost its drive but, with a population of 126.8 million and an average per capita income of more than $50,000 a year, it remains the second largest market in the world and Australia’s largest trading partner since 1969.
THE Western Australian Gold Corporation has got the jump on possible competitors, announcing its intention to issue an Australian Stock Exchange pro-duct giving personal investors and institutions exposure to gold.
A LOOK at the latest Access Economics survey on returns for collectibles leaves one with the impression that coins are anything but an attractive investment proposition.
DIAMOND Rose NL has issued a $5 million prospectus for one of its subsidiary companies, Kimberley Rose NL, which company chairwoman Pnina Feldman hopes will help propel the business from explorer to m
MINIMUM training standards for those providing financial product advice to retail clients, introduced last year by the Federal Government to protect investors, have been watered down.
FUND of Hedge Funds may have failed to deliver expected returns over the past three years, yet they still outperformed most other assets classes, pending currency movements.
MARKET uncertainty may bring dismal times for investors in stocks and the many businesses that feed off share traders, but the same cannot be said for the market in collectibles.
